Interactive Materials

Catalog description

Focuses on embedding computation into the physical world and envisioning the future of tangible interactive media. Students make, tinker and experiment with high-tech and low-tech materials ranging from electronics (microcontrollers, sensors and actuators) to softer components including textiles, paper, paints, food and organic/living systems. Grounds hands-on, materially oriented work in theoretical concepts from HCI (Human Computer Interaction), speculative design and design fiction. Students build interactive prototypes as artifacts that exist in fictional worlds to explore emerging dialogues around desirable and undesirable futures.